Hi all. I can't get any sound output from Alsaplayer. If it helps, when I open up Alsamixer, it identifies the card as "ESS AudioDrive ES1879". I'm running Slitaz-Rolling. Any ideas?
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(14 posts) (5 voices)- Started 8 years ago by physic
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emninger
offlineMemberI had exactly the same problem and i also got the same msg when tried the commands given by Genesis
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# alsactl init
Found hardware: "ATIIXP" "Conexant Cx20468-31" "AC97a:43585430" "0x103c" "0x30a4"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
----But it worked. I have sound now!
PS. I still have to control, if the settings rest after a re-boot.
Posted 8 years ago # -
mojo
offlineKey Master@physic
Run this command as root to reset/unmute alsamixer, then retry alsaplayer for sound.
setmixer
If no sound then follow my directions to run alsasound diagnostic information script.
Post the link given for the uploaded information which I will analyze.
tazpkg -gi bash
Hit enter you do not want bash as default link to /bin/sh.
tazpkg -gi wget
wget http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
chmod +x alsa-info.sh
./alsa-info.sh
Choose upload.
Verify link to info is good.
Copy/paste url link to ALSA information in your reply.This is link to my info:
Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=66135b51b423f8e5b4e9f8728f2c2fd4c4c47129
Please inform the person helping you.Posted 8 years ago # -
mojo
offlineKey MasterBusybox-wget fetched the html, not the script.
Delete alsa-info.sh
Install gnu wget as root:
tazpkg -gi wget
Follow previous directions.Posted 8 years ago # -
physic
offlineMemberHere is the link:
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=82ba7f32c9f40d49db8a4b5ea0ca467b5be0841c
By the way, when I clicked the link you gave, the name of the file was "alsa-info_alsa-info" and I downloaded it that way and changed the name back to just "alsa-info". Like you said, wget fetched the html instead of the script, which the hyperlink sent me to.
Posted 8 years ago # -
mojo
offlineKey MasterSorry but I have no suggestions.Nothing stands out to me in the alsa-info as wrong or missing.The problem is "ESS AudioDrive ES1879" uses the ISA interface which was phased out with the advent of PCI around year 2000.
Posted 8 years ago # -
physic
offlineMember@mojo
No biggie. It's such an old laptop that I'm honestly amazed it still runs and has its original hard drive. I really just wanted it to do something with it other than let it rot away with Windows 98. What's interesting is that when I tried Alsaplayer, the sound was unintelligible static, but when I tried it on visual boy advance, the music was actually somewhat clearer. Still messed up, but significantly clearer, so maybe the issue is specific to the music player? I don't know. Ultimately, I had to remove visual boy advance, because the cpu was running full speed and I wasn't getting the performance I wanted. It's not unlikely that that could have garbled the sound on the emulator as well. I'll fiddle with it some more and see if I find some solution. It could have something to do with bit rate/bit depth, etc. I guess if I really want to, I could try dual booting with either FreeDOS or Windows 98 if I want music, as I know drivers exist for both, but it seems like there is something else going on here. It might be the specs of the mp3's that is the culprit.
Posted 8 years ago # -
sixofeight
offlineMemberHi
Back in the Days it was always necessary to assign an IRQ and DMA manually in the Bios to make ISA-Cards work properly.
((Jumpers had to be set -newer cards use PnP-, than identify the slot used by this card and finally assign the resources to the card))
Here is some tech-info about your card
http://newton.kias.re.kr/~choims/Linux/LifeBook-765Tx/Sound/card.html
maybe this can help too:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92947
But I do not know if SliTaz will ignore the bios settings or if / which additional adjustments are needed...
I'm just remembering the (good) old days.
good luckPosted 8 years ago #
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